ERIDOB 2026
15th Conference of Researchers in Didactics of Biology
Ljubljana, Slovenia, Aug 24-28, 2026
Call for paper
The Academic Committee invites researchers in Didactics of Biology/Biology Education to participate in the 15th Conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB 2026), The title of the conference is Biology Education Paving the Way for Our Common Future. ERIDOB aims to bring together researchers in didactics of Biology from around the world to share and discuss their research work and results.
IMPORTANT: Proposal submissions for ERIDOB 2026 must be made online through the eridob2026 conference management system.
PLEASE make sure that your proposal reflects research in Biology Education. Proposals dealing with general Science Education research or general Education research will not be considered.
Contributions should fit into one or two of the following strands within biology education:
- Sustainability education (including environmental and health education)
- Outdoor and informal education
- Scientific thinking, scientific explanations, scientific inquiry and NOS
- Socioscientific issues (including social, cultural, and diversity issues)
- Students’ conceptions and conceptual change
- Students’ values, attitudes and decision-making
- Teaching strategies, learning environments and digital media
- Writing, speaking, reading and argumentation
- Teacher professionalization and PCK
Types of contributions
Contributions to the conference may be presented as a poster presentation, a stand-alone oral presentation, an oral presentation in a symposium with at least 3 papers. In the case of a symposium, a minimum of three different countries should be represented.
Proposals for a poster contribution should include the following (???):
1. Metadata: Title and abstract (250 words maximum), type of presentation (poster), preferred strand, keywords (5 maximum),
2. Author(s) information
3. File: An anonymized pdf file including: title, preferred strand, theoretical background or rationale, key objectives, research design and methodology, findings, conclusions and reference list (1000 words maximum)
Proposals for an oral contribution should include the following (as outlined in eridob2026.conf ):
1. Metadata: Title and abstract (250 words maximum), type of presentation (oral), preferred strand, keywords (5 maximum), comment (if you want to suggest a new strand)
2. Author(s) information
3. File: An anonymized pdf file including: title, preferred strand, theoretical background or rationale, key objectives, research design and methodology, findings, conclusions and reference list (1000 words maximum)
Proposals for a symposium should include the following (as outlined in eridob2026.conf ):
1. Metadata: Title of symposium and abstract stating the aims and purposes of the symposium or roundtable as well as the connections between the papers (400 words), type of presentation (symposium), preferred strand, keywords (5 maximum),
2. Author(s) information
3. File: The list of the titles & abstracts of the oral communications.
Proposals for an oral in a symposium should include the following (as outlined in eridob2026.conf ):
1. Metadata: Title and abstract (250 words maximum), type of presentation (oral) , preferred strand, keywords (5 maximum), comment (Name of the symposium)
2. Author(s) information
3. File : An anonymized pdf file including: title, preferred strand, theoretical background or rationale, key objectives, research design and methodology, findings, conclusions and reference list (1000 words maximum)
Deadlines for ERIDOB 2026 are:
• Call for paper & opening of submission platform: May 5, 2025
• Final submission deadline: November 2, 2025 (23:59 PM)
• Notification of review results: February 28, 2026
• Beginning of early-bird registration: February 28, 2026
• End of early-bird registration: March 30, 2026
• End of registration: May 31, 2026
Proposals received after November 2, 2025 will not be considered.
Proposals will be reviewed under the following criteria:
• Research: Is the proposal concerned with research in biology education?
• Subject / problem: What is the research problem or question? What is the rationale for the study? What is the theoretical framework?
• Design and methodology: What is the design of the study? Are the research methods clearly described and appropriate?
• Data analysis and findings: Are the data clearly presented? Is there consistency between data and findings?
• General interest: Is the contribution of interest to European researchers in the field?
The standards, in terms of quality, will be the same for oral and poster presentations. The following criteria will be applied:
For oral presentations (including a presentation in a symposium)
• Work to be presented should be reaching completion or be complete and well thought through.
• Data should be available.
• Content should be of high interest and/or relevance.
• Specific content should not have been presented or published elsewhere.
For poster presentations
• Work may be under development.
• Findings may be tentative or not yet available.
•. Content should be of high interest and/or relevance.
• Specific content should not have been presented or published elsewhere.
Some important rules to keep in mind
No participant may submit more than one first-authored paper. The first author is assumed to present the paper unless otherwise stated.
No participant may present more than once during the conference.
The first authors/contact persons of accepted proposals will receive the ERIDOB conference guidelines for papers and the registration form.
Please note that only proposals that on the moment of submission have not been published elsewhere are eligible. The academic committee must be notified if a paper submitted to the conference has also been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.
The conference language is English.
ERIDOB ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Dr. Jelle Boeve-de Pauw, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Dr. Marcus Hammann, Münster University, Germany (Chair)
Dr. Michal Haskel-Ittah, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Dr. Olivier Morin, University of Lyon, France
Dr. Daniel Olsson, Karlstad University, Sweden
Dr. Xana Sá-Pinto, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Dr. Gregor Torkar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Michal Zion, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
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